Abstract
Background and purposeEstimation of the contractility of the left ventricle during exercise is important in drawing up a protocol of cardiac rehabilitation. It has been demonstrated that color Doppler- and echo tracking-derived carotid arterial wave intensity is a sensitive index of global left ventricular (LV) contractility. We assessed the feasibility of measuring carotid arterial wave intensity and determining force−frequency (contractility−heart rate) relations (FFRs) during exercise totally noninvasively.MethodsWe measured carotid arterial wave intensity with a combined color Doppler and echo tracking system in 25 healthy young male volunteers (age 20.8 ± 1.2 years) at rest and during exercise. FFRs were constructed by plotting the maximum value of wave intensity (WD1) against heart rate (HR).ResultsWe first confirmed that HR increased linearly with an increase in work load in each subject (r2 = 0.95 ± 0.04). WD1 increased linearly with an increase in HR. The goodness-of-fit of the regression line of WD1 on HR in each subject was very high (r2 = 0.48−0.94, p < 0.0001, respectively). The slope of the WD1-HR relation ranged 0.30−2.20 [m/s3 (beat/min)].ConclusionsGlobal LV FFRs can be generated in healthy young volunteers with an entirely noninvasive combination of exercise and wave intensity. These data should show the potential usefulness of the FFR in the context of cardiac rehabilitation.
Highlights
It has been demonstrated that color Doppler- and echo tracking-derived carotid arterial wave intensity is a sensitive index of global left ventricular (LV) contractility
Global LV force-frequency (contractility-heart rate) relations (FFRs) can be generated in healthy young volunteers with an entirely noninvasive combination of exercise and wave intensity
These data should show the potential usefulness of the FFR in the context of cardiac rehabilitation
Summary
Kajiya Department of Medical Engineering, Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare, Kurashiki, Japan. I. Suminoe Clinical Laboratory, Japanese Red Cross Society, Himeji Hospital, Himeji, Japan. T. Izumi Department of Physical Therapy, Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, Ishikari, Japan. K. Niki Biomedical Engineering Department, Tokyo City University, Tokyo, Japan. Estimation of the contractility of the left ventricle during exercise is important in drawing up a protocol of cardiac rehabilitation. It has been demonstrated that color Doppler- and echo tracking-derived carotid arterial wave intensity is a sensitive index of global left ventricular (LV) contractility. We assessed the feasibility of measuring carotid arterial wave intensity and determining force-frequency (contractility-heart rate) relations (FFRs) during exercise totally noninvasively
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